An Extra’s POV

Looking at the five, they all had training attire on.

Brutus wore light armor, the age and luster of his equipment pretty glaring to an observant eye. Justin and Clark wore similar-looking armor, with the former's looking a lot lighter, while the latter had more bulk to it.

Belle and Lucielle had some Enchanted Items on them, and Belle still had a book in her hand, which made it clear they were most likely practicing Spells. While Belle had the attire similar to a student, Lucielle wore a Mage's cape,with her inner attire being a loose white shirt and long trousers.

Based on everything about their appearance, coupled with the slight looks of exhaustion on the faces of the three Otherworlders, it was easy to deduce that they were just finished with training.

Justin and Clark were with Brutus, while Belle was with Lucielle. They rendezvoused and decided to visit Alicia's room together.

~They come here every day, Master. Ever since she fell asleep and was admitted here.~

The moment Rey heard those words in his head, he felt a little startled and also slightly suspicious.

'Ater, you… did you know they would come here at this time, yet you didn't tell me beforehand?'

Rey's initial plan was to approach them after properly organizing his thoughts. However, that didn't mean he was actively avoiding them.

After all, once he sensed their presence approaching the room, he had more than enough time to leave. They wouldn't have spotted him at all.

But… he didn't.

Perhaps that was because, deep down, he just wanted to get things over with. He didn't want to run anymore, and he simply wanted to see how they would react to him after all this time.

And now…

'... It's the moment of truth, I guess.'

Rey watched as the three finally got over their shock and looked at one other. They nodded, clearly in agreement on something.

Then—

'Here it comes!'

—They finally stepped forward, entering the room while walking towards Rey.

They had serious expressions on their faces; a sharp contrast to the jolly reaction that Lucielle opened up with. Brutus had a fairly neutral expression on his face, and after apologizing for Lucielle's behavior and dragging her away from Rey, he was silent.

grateful for Brutus getting the Grand Mage away from him,

remained the same, and while he had a stern demeanor, there was no anger or malice in his eyes. He simply stood in a corner, his hand

seen each other in nearly three months, after

any visitors during my

classmates were already right in front of him

height as Justin. However, Clark

resolute faces on their faces slowly began to break as Rey watched

to slow down, and he prepared his

spoke up first, his calm tone

never expected that kind

Not from them!

been toast if you didn't come when you did. Thanks…" Justin proceeded with

Rey found this to be

they being so nice to me?' He swiftly sent a

You already told me not

telling the truth, but that only made the situation all

are they saying this? Eric and Billy died because of my negligence. Adonis left… Alicia is in her current state…

was only human nature to seek who to blame for such

the humans, but for his classmates, Rey

made them risk their lives. His carelessness caused

~If I may, Master…~

echoed in his mind, just as Rey was about to listen to Belle's

your supposed carelessness, several

could have chosen to escape without us. You got hurt so badly… and yet…" Belle's eyes were surprisingly teary as

this emotional. He probably didn't even know she

You fought for us

for my life for most of the battle.' Rey thought to

If Rey wanted, he could have indeed abandoned the

But…

his

the Capital. Rey was no saint, but he understood enough about life to understand that he couldn't

Especially when he could

I realized I was no match for that Beast, I couldn't even escape any longer. It was after my

could now understand why his classmates were going easy on him despite how hard he